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1969 Ohio State

8–⁠1 (6–⁠1 Big Ten), coached by Woody Hayes, finished No. 4 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Ohio State in 1969, game by game: won vs. TCU 62–0; won at Washington 41–14; won vs. No. 19 Michigan State 54–21; won at Minnesota 34–7; won vs. Illinois 41–0; won at Northwestern 35–6; won vs. Wisconsin 62–7; won vs. No. 10 Purdue 42–14; lost at No. 12 Michigan 12–24+62−12Won 62–0 vs. TCU+62TCUWon 41–14 at Washington+27WashingtonWon 54–21 vs. No. 19 Michigan State+33No. 19 Michigan StateWon 34–7 at Minnesota+27MinnesotaWon 41–0 vs. Illinois+41IllinoisWon 35–6 at Northwestern+29NorthwesternWon 62–7 vs. Wisconsin+55WisconsinWon 42–14 vs. No. 10 Purdue+28No. 10 PurdueLost 12–24 at No. 12 Michigan-12No. 12 Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsTCUW 62–⁠082%
Oct 4atWashingtonW 41–⁠1472%
Oct 11vs19Michigan StateW 54–⁠2175%
Oct 18atMinnesotaW 34–⁠771%
Oct 25vsIllinoisW 41–⁠093%
Nov 1atNorthwesternW 35–⁠684%
Nov 8vsWisconsinW 62–⁠794%
Nov 15vs10PurdueW 42–⁠1466%
Nov 22at12MichiganL 12–⁠2457%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan 24–⁠12; No. 4 in the final AP poll; Big Ten champions.

In program history: The 38th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 1
  2. Wk 2: 1
  3. Wk 3: 1
  4. Wk 4: 1
  5. Wk 5: 1
  6. Wk 6: 1
  7. Wk 7: 1
  8. Wk 8: 1
  9. Wk 9: 1
  10. Wk 10: 1
  11. Wk 11: 4
  12. Wk 12: 4
  13. Wk 13: 4
  14. Final: 4

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1969.

Big Ten champions6–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Michigan

Heisman voteRex Kern, third

3 consensus All-AmericansJim Otis, RB; Jim Stillwagon, DT; Jack Tatum, DB

Record
8–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠1 shared first in Big Ten
AP final
No. 4 peak No. 1
Points
383–⁠93
Coach
Woody Hayes
Elo
1718 +75 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
31.1 No. 2 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Alan Jack and Dave Whitfield
Most valuable player
Jim Otis

Drafted in 1970

The 1970 draft
Rd 2Chuck Hutchison OGSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 7Ted Provost DBLos Angeles Rams

All-Big Ten

11 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1969 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1969 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ohio State6–⁠18–⁠14
Michigan6–⁠18–⁠39
Purdue5–⁠28–⁠218
Minnesota4–⁠34–⁠5–⁠1
Iowa3–⁠45–⁠5
Indiana3–⁠44–⁠6
Wisconsin3–⁠43–⁠7
Northwestern3–⁠43–⁠7
Michigan State2–⁠54–⁠6
Illinois0–⁠70–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.